Putin a peace guru promoting Christian pragmatism

I've not watched this yet, but my dad and brother have, so I'm going to go ahead and link it up. I've got another task I need to get to, first today, also to promote peace.

: From: Don

: Date: January 7, 2016

: Subject: Russian video not to be missed

: I devoted the required 2 hours to viewing the movie linked below and found it riveting. I took notes throughout and learned a great deal from a great teacher.

: If I get a chance I will be discussing this and I invite the comments of those who have viewed it. President Putin is a genuine intellectual and his interviews and speeches show an in-depth knowledge of history, literature, geopolitics, psychology and a straightforward common sense philosophy that he obviously spent a lifetime developing. I had said before that you can easily make an academic study out of Putin's thought and call it Putinology: http://laiglesforum.com/putinology-101/3499.htm. If ever the world comes to its senses and sheds its insane cold war Russophobia, this philosophy will be studied by scholars just as intently as the thought of Sun-Tzu is studied in military academies everywhere. Except it would not be about war but about peace.

: If I had to pick out a highlight it would be this gem gleaned from Putin's own words:

:: It is best to deal honestly with one's partners not just out of a sense of morality but out of pragmatism. Because it is easier.

: He didn't have to say that for my sake because I have watched him for years and I knew that about him without his ever having formulated it.

: In fact, if I had to name this philosophy, I might call it Christian pragmatism.

: He puts all Western leaders to shame. The reason they don't understand him is because he is too uncomplicated. Everyone is looking for cunning and guile of the Western variety and they will never find it in him. But I do believe there are some who will go mad trying.